potamogeton

See also: Potamogeton

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

potamogeton (plural potamogetons)

1. (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Potamogeton.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων (potamogeítōn), from ποταμός (potamós, “river”) + γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”).

Noun

potamogēton f (genitive potamogētōnis); third declension

1. pondweed

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	potamogēton	potamogētōnēs
Genitive	potamogētōnis	potamogētōnum
Dative	potamogētōnī	potamogētōnibus
Accusative	potamogētōnem	potamogētōnēs
Ablative	potamogētōne	potamogētōnibus
Vocative	potamogēton	potamogētōnēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Potamogeton

References

• “potamogeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potamogeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.